| abstract |
A METHOD FOR MAKING PELLETED ANIMAL FEED AND THE PRODUCT MADE BY THE METHOD, COMPRISING: PREPARING A COMPOSITION CONTAINING A) 10 - 90 WT%. OF AN ORGANIC ACID SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ACETIC, PROPIONIC, BUTYRIC AND MIXTURES THEREOF, B) 1 - 90 WT.% OF ETHOXYLATED CASTOR OIL SURFACTANT HAVING AN HLB FROM 4 TO 18 AND A MOLAR RATIO OF 1 MOLECULE OF CASTOR OIL TO 1 - 200 MOLECULES OF ETHYLENE OXIDE, C) 0 - 20 WT.% OF ANTIMICROBIAL TERRENES, OR ESSENTIAL OILS; ADDING WATER TO PREPARE A HEAT-TREATING COMPOSITION, AND APPLYING AN EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF SAID HEAT-TREATING COMPOSITION TO AN ANIMAL FEED, WITH SUFFICIENT HEATING TO PELLETIZE OR EXTRUDE THE FEED. |